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Geography
Iraq, a triangle of mountains, desert, and fertile river valley, is bounded on the east by Iran, on the north by Turkey, on the west by Syria and Jordan, and on the south by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. It is twice the size of Idaho. The country has arid desert land west of the Euphrates, a broad central valley between the Euphrates and Tigris, and mountains in the northeast.
Government
The government of Saddam Hussein collapsed on April 9 after U.S. and British forces invaded the country. American diplomat Paul Bremer serves as the civil administrator of the country. An Iraqi interim governing council with limited powers was inaugurated in July. Twenty-five Iraqis, representative of Iraq's various ethnic and religious groups, sit on the council. The presidency will rotate alphabetically among nine of the members, changing each month.
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